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Black people and the Obama presidency
11/05/2008
A sense that incomes fell, job losses increased and foreclosures on homes increased for black people under the Obama presidency. The same is true for the white middle class and for other minorities. Suggesting that policies that improve the economy and conditions for all middle class and working class Americans is the best hope for all minorities.
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The Price of a Black President
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The Dignity of Having A Two-Parent Family
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Two Stars, Meeting Across a Bible
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The Martin Luther King dreams that Obama forgot - The Washington Post
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Scholars sketch bleak economic picture for black Americans - The Washington Post
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